RE: Re: What's that sound?

Thanks both for the clarification,
I'll install Yanoff+ then delete PP. If I find the extra functionality over
GPL Yanoff worth it, I'll purchase from Gregg via PayPal. 

Cheers

Rog

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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> On Behalf Of jcharpak
> Sent: 26 April 2005 22:29
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [yanoff] Re: What's that sound?
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> --- In [email protected], "Donald E. Stidwell" <dstidwe@c...>
> wrote:
> > Gregg will probably address this himself, but the "pda-wallet" 
> software is
> > Pocket Purchase. 
> 
> He already did on the faq section on the new yanoff website:
> 
> http://www.palmyanoff.com/faq.htm#spyware
> and
> http://www.palmyanoff.com/faq.htm#del_ppur
> 
> >This software allows you to purchase the program directly  from your 
> >PDA and also to have updates directly downloaded to your
> PDA. You
> > can actually set it so it doesn't "phone home" unless you want it
> to.
> > 
> > This is common practice with many desktop programs, although New
> Yanoff is
> > the only Palm program other than the ones from Blue Nomad that I
> know of
> > that uses it
> 
> Yes, this type of software is refered to as "Adware" and 
> there is a whole industry of software designed to combat such 
> programs. This is another reason people are not likely to be 
> interested in yanoff. 
> Strangely enough even Gregg asks people not to buy through 
> pocket purchase (since he has to pay them for each 
> transaction). Is registering yanoff directly through the pda 
> that important? Couldn't he just work up a deal with handago 
> and/or palmgear like most other palm developers do?
> 
> Oh and by the way, having to pay for each major release e.g. 
> from the current release 3 to the eventual release 4, is a 
> major downer, even if you do get a discount.
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